NYSE:BKUBankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankUnited's stock was trading at $25.35 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 30.0% and is now trading at $17.75. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for BankUnited.

BankUnited is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for BankUnited.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported ($0.33) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.89. The financial services provider earned $203.87 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $216.72 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 15.57% and a return on equity of 7.67%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. View BankUnited's earnings history.

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 14th. View BankUnited's dividend history.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's share price to reach $30.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 74.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BankUnited.

News stories about BKU stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a coverage optimism score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,120,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the June 15th total of 2,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

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BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.01%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View institutional ownership trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, and Rajinder P Singh. View insider buying and selling activity for BankUnited.

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One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.75.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $1.64 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,511 workers across the globe.

The official website for BankUnited is www.bankunited.com.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]